Word: mossadegh
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...when Mohammed Mossadegh nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Com pany, the Western powers, faced with a similar threat, applied economic sanctions...
...these sanctions had brought the overthrow of Mohammed Mossadegh...
Among Kirkland House student artists, Mahommed Mossadegh, '56, seems to have the most difficulty coping with the recurrent problem of using but not being overcome by established styles. In paintings covering three years he goes through Van Gogh, Oriental, Cubistic and Miroesque phases. He has some fine ideas, resting boats by the water's edge or a montage of wrapped heads beside a chinese tower. But these are weakened in their effectiveness by poor draughtsmanship, muddy colors and slovenly design...
Deteriorating Strength. Though experience with such street parliamentarians as Mossadegh had taught the world that mob strength in the Middle East can be exaggerated, the latest events in Jordan were treated more gravely in the West than the December risings. The British shelved their strategy of pushing for Arab allegiance to the Baghdad pact. London rushed its paratroopers to Cyprus partly out of the suspicion that the West Bank dissidents had penetrated the Arab Legion to a point where this strong force, once the key to Jordan's stability, might cease to be a reliable instrument of British policy...
...Queen got back from their U.S. trip last month, the once uncertain young Shah of Iran has been giving more and more signs that he intends to rule as well as reign. Last week his chance came. General Fazlollah Zahedi, the tough Premier who liquidated the fanatical, disastrous Mossadegh regime and got Iran's oil flowing again to world markets, resigned his office. His regime had become increasingly stained by the corruption and greed which are endemic maladies in Iran. Besides, Zahedi was ill with gout, and wanted to go to Germany for prolonged treatment...